Securable garment-pin.



No. 670,089. Patented Mar. I9, [901.

A. SWANSON. SECUBABLE GARMENT PIN.

(Application filed Feb. 26, 1900.)

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AUGUST SWANSON, OF REDIVING, MINNESOTA.

SECURABLE GARMENT-PIN.

SBECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 670,089, dated March19, 1901.

Application filed February 26, 1900. Serial 110.15.457. (no model.)

T at whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, AUGUST SWANSON,a ci tizen of the UnitedStates,residing at Red wing, in the county of Goodhue and State ofMinnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inSecurable Garment-Pins: and I do declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable.others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to thefigures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

My invention relates to improvements in means for securing to garmentsall kinds of pins, whether ornamental or merely used asgarmcut-fasteners, or for securing to a garment badges and likeappendages.

Inasmuch as the device proper may be securedon any pin by simply givingthe pin one or more indentures in its sides or an annular groove aroundit, it may well be called a pin-securer; but if considered as combinedwith the pin it may be called an improved garment-pin orgarmentfastener.

The construction or" the device will be pointed out in the claims, andis illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure l is a faceview of a breastpin with my device and improvements applied to it. Fig.2is a side View of Fig. 1, showing the pin inserted in a portion of agarment shown in dotted lines. Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional view onthe line ct ct in Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is an enlarged section on the line b bin Fig. 1 with the pin omitted. Fig. 5 is a hat-pin or shawl-pin with mydevice applied and connected with the head end of the pin by anornamental chain or string 27. Figs. 6, 7, and 8 show modifications inthe shape of the pin and its groove. Fig. 7 also illustrates abadgesecuring pin, to which my securing device may be applied with goodeffect, and especially badges consisting more or less of a ribbon mayeasily be secured in the elongated eyelet Referring to the drawings byreference-numerals, 9 is the body of or the pin proper either of abreastpin, as indicated at 10 in Figs. 1 and 2, or a hat-pin, as at 1Oin Fig. 5,

ora badge-pin, as 1O in Fig. '7, or any other form of head, or a plainloop, as on hairpins, 850.

Near the pointed end 11 of the pin I provide arecess, which in a roundpin is made annular, except when the head of the pin is such that itprevents the pin from turning in the garment. Then the recess needssimply to be upon two sides of the pin, as in Figs. 7 and 6. The pin maybe of flat or any other form in cross-section. In general I prefer theform ofgroove shown in Fig.3,extendingall around the pin and having asharp or angular front shoulder.

13 is an elongated flat shell orcase provided at one end with aguidingtube 14, through which the pin 9 is inserted and which keeps thepin in central and parallel position to the case. Y

15 represents two hook or jaw levers retained in the case bybeinginclosed between its top 16, sides 17 and 18, and the lips 19,which are bent inward and catch loosely below the shoulders 21 of thelevers after the levers and the U-shaped spring 22 are inserted in thecase. The lower ends of the levers 15 are reduced, so as to project outof the case between the lips 19, and are beyond the case formed intoiIHQ'GI OtU ChGS or pressbuttons 24, by which-the lovers are operated.The opposite ends of the levers are formed with adjacent notches 23 tofacilitate the introduction ofthe pin between the jaws formed of theinwardly-bent ends of the levers. The jaw-levers 15 are normally held bythe spring 22 against the narrow walls or sides of the case 13, in whichposition the hooks or jaws come together close enough to enter thegroove 12 of the pin, and the ends 24 are thrown outward in goodposition for the fingers to press on them.

In the operation of the device the pin is simply pushed in between thejaws till they snap into the groove or notches in the pin, and when thepin is to be removed the press buttons or catches 24 are simply pressedor squeezed toward each other by the operators thumb and forefingeruntil the jaw ends of the lovers spread and release the pin, which isthen extracted. During such releasing process the curved parts 25 of thelevers, springheld against the case, rock on thelatter,which swingsdownward at its front end when lifted at the rear end. This peculiarmotion and the shutting in of the levers and the spring between themenables me to do away with pivots in the levers and still to have aboutthe same motion as if they ere pivoted.

If the groove is formed slanting, as at 26 in Fig. 8, then the pin maybe pulled out by the application of such a degree of force as could notremove the pin accidentally without the wearer noticing it. When I somake the pin, the press-buttons 24 may be dispensed with.

From the above description it will be seen that I provide a handy andsafe device for preventing the loss of all kinds of pins adapted to beinserted in hats, hair, or garments, and not otherwise provided with anymeans for said purpose. At the same time I provide also a guard toprevent suclrpins from hurting the Wearers body.

What. I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The com bi n ation with a garment-pin ,having a recess near itspoint, of a fastening device comprising a case of elongated and flatform, and having at one end an aperture pro vided with a guide for thepin to be there inserted, and at the other end with a slot, a pair ofjaw-levers with an interposed U or V shaped spring holding them normallyagainst the narrow sides of the case, and with their jawed ends closednear the aperture where the pin enters the case, the other ends of thelevers being reduced and extended out of the slot in the case, so as toserve as press-bottons, the closing of which opens or spreads the jawedends of the levers, said jaws, when closed, presenting a fnnnel-shapedspace to the entering-point of the pin, substantially as and for thepurpose set forth.

2. The combination with a pin adapted to be inserted in garments, forany purpose whatsoever, and having an indenture or groove near itspoint, of a pin-securing device adapted to engage said groove, the samecomprising a shell or case of elongated and flat form, with an aperturein one end for the pin to enter, and a slot. in the bottom of the otherend, a pair of jaw-levers inclosed in and retained by the case, and a UorV shaped spring interposed between the levers, said levers being bentor curved so as to rock upon the opposite narrow sides in the case, andhaving the ends near the slot reduced so as to project out of the slot,and their opposite ends curved toward each other and adapted to engagethe notch, notches or recesses in the pin, substantially as and for thepurposes set forth.

In testimony whereof I afl'ix my signature in presenccof two witnesses.

AUGUST SWANSON.

\Vitn esses:

CHAS. GUMBINER, S. I). ANDERSON.

